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Ruchi Patel1, Haren Patel2, William Mulvoy3
1Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
ACG Case Reports Journal
|June 7, 2017
Abstract:
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and newly diagnosed malignant infiltration of liver are rare presentations of acute liver failure associated with poor prognosis. We report a case of a patient with acute liver failure caused by malignant infiltration by diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and secondary HLH.
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